Photos of the week: Hamish loses his ball and Obama as Secret Santa

Hamish the polar bear gets dirty looking for his ball and former US president Barack Obama makes a surprise appearance as Santa Claus --photos of the week from across the world.

Updated on: Dec 22, 2018 1:38 PM IST

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Hamish the polar bear emerges from his frozen muddy pond searching for his red ball at the Highland Wildlife Park in Kincraig, Scotland. (Russell Cheyne / REUTERS)

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Supporters of opposition leader Martin Fayulu sing and dance as they march and chant slogans in the streets of the Ndjili district of Kinshasa, ahead of a campaign rally for Democratic Republic of Congo’s general elections. (Luis Tato / AFP)

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A church stands above a layer of fog at the village of Soshartyan, 115 kms northeast of Budapest, Hungary. (Peter Komka / MTI via AP)

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Gondolas of a cable are pictured in the morning fog as temperatures dropped bellow minus 8 degrees Celsius near Fieberbrunn in Tirol, Austria. (Joe Klamar / AFP)

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Pyongyang residents bow before the statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il during National Memorial Day on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Kim Won Jin / AFP)

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A baby scale is hung on a tree branch during a malnutrition screening session in the municipality of Ifotaka, in southern Madagascar. (Rijasolo / AFP)

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Naked activists for animal rights, covered in fake blood, perform during a protest against the use of fur and leather, at Catalunya Square in Barcelona, Spain. (Albert Gea / REUTERS)

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A Chilean dockworker is detained by riot police during a protest against port operator TPS (South Pacific Terminal), to demand temporary workers be included in collective bargaining, in Valparaiso, Chile. (Rodrigo Garrido / REUTERS)

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Jewish headstones tagged with swastika symbols at Herrlisheim cemetery, in eastern France. 37 headstones and a memorial for Shoah victims were desecrated. (Sebastien Bozon / AFP)

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The mother of a baby suspected of dying from Ebola, cries outside a hospital in Beni, North Kivu Province of Democratic Republic of Congo. (Goran Tomasevic / REUTERS)

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Students sing and dance after receiving their certificates during their graduation party from the City of Joy in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo. (Fredrik Lerneryd / AFP)

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A search and rescue team approaches the Soyuz MS-09 capsule carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew of NASA astronaut Serena Aunon-Chancellor, Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency and Russian cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev after its landing outside the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan following a troubled stint on the ISS marred by an air leak and the failure of a rocket set to bring new crew members. (Shamil Zhumatov / AFP)

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Former US President Barack Obama arrives to deliver gifts, greet patients and their parents at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC. (Chuck Kennedy / Courtesy of the Office of The Obama Foundation / AFP)

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Norway’s Johannes Thingnes Boe competes during the men’s 12,5 km pursuit event of the IBU Biathlon World Cup in Hochfilzen, Austria. (Joe Klamar / AFP)

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Buildings are snow covered in the Castle District in Budapest, Hungary. (Balazs Mohai / MTI via AP)

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A man stands next to his donkey dyed like a zebra, in Tijuana, Mexico. (Mohammed Salem / REUTERS)

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Pope Francis blesses a pregnant woman’s ultrasound during the weekly general audience at Paul VI hall at the Vatican. (Max Rossi / REUTERS)

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Cars are seen following snowfall at a car park in Yantai, Shandong province, China. (REUTERS)

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Li Wenzu has her head shaved to protest the detention of her husband and Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, detained during the 709 crackdown, in Beijing, China. (Fred Dufour / AFP)

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Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex, greets head chef Stuart Jones as she visits the Royal Variety Charity’s residential nursing and care home Brinsworth House, in West London, England. (Geoff Pugh / Pool via REUTERS)

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A general view of people on the ice skating rink hosted at the glass-roofed central hall of the Grand Palais in Paris, France. (Stephanie De Sakutin / AFP)

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A mural listed by the Guinness World Records as the largest in the world is displayed on a grain silo in Incheon port, west of Seoul. South Korea. (Ed Jones / AFP)

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Lightening sparks in the sky atop of the “Louis II” stadium as Monaco’s team players warm up before a French League Cup football match between Monaco and Lorient. (Valery Hache / AFP)

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A modified Tesla Model X drives into the tunnel entrance before an unveiling event for the Boring Company Hawthorne test tunnel in Hawthorne, south of Los Angeles, California. (Robyn Beck / Pool / AFP)

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Jose Mourinho is driven away from his accommodation after leaving his job as Manchester United’s manager, in Manchester, England. (Phil Noble / REUTERS)

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Residents of Educandos neighbourhood remain outside their houses, as firefighters try to control a massive fire, in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil. The fire destroyed at least 600 houses and its origin is still unknown. (Michael Dantas / AFP)

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A couple dances under the light of a lamppost at Comercio square in Lisbon, Portugal. (Patricia de Melo Moreira / AFP)

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Aerial view of the high density of houses in the neighbourhood of Jalousie, in the commune of Petion Ville, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Hector Retamal / AFP)

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Ivan Arostica, president of Chile’s Constitutional Court, ties to avoid a kick by a protester as he leaves the court, which listened to arguments in favour and against conditional freedom for those convicted of human rights crimes, in Santiago, Chile. (Esteban Felix / AP)

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Catriona Gray of the Philippines (C) is congratulated by contestants after winning the Miss Universe 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Lilian Suwanrumpha / AFP)